Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-12
GENERAL MARKETS.



! CHICAGO ILL.,July IO.-Wheat market opened
actively and win showing of greater strength
partly due TO higher prices on New York
market, August started &C higher at 13isc
/ saturday talk OF decrease in the Visible sup
ply was continued this morning with more OF
! less bullish effect, at least enough to hold Au-
! gust up to 49, % &c, where It remained With
! a good deal of pcrslstenCy. After the first
/ hour or so of the session, local interest in the
| market rather died out and
the speculative crowd thiDned ma
| terially, but nevertheless kept mp
semblanCe OF trading. Visible supply IS an
nOunCed proved a decrease of only l,426.0UO
! bushels in wheat, which though less than was
| expected, was still enough to hold values
/ steady and firm. During the last half hour
! sellers were pretty free about Offering, al
! though prices gradually eased back to ~ a
| I3c where the market closed. Corn only moder-
| ately active, but fair volume OF trade was re-
/ ported. Early IN the day there was q fair de-
mand from local shorts and the market ruled
| quiet and firm, opening at "a &C higher
! than the closing figures Of saturday. After
! lluctuating for some time this advance was
! lost and the market closed about &c lower
| than on Saturday. August sold at 361lc at the
opening and So d3G &c at the close prOvis-
! ions were more active and q decidedly stronger
feeling developed in the market, causing out
siders TO purchase short ribs, with considerable
demand for the same article on the part Of the
/ local shorts, under the impression that the
market was OVCrsOld for August and Septem
Der delivery and that contracts have conferred In
hands of prominent operators was this main
support of the market IL general way, and
caused sharp advance I'm prices and other ar
tiCles sympathized to some extent with this
movement, and prices were slightly advanced
with only moderate trading for August. Snort
ribs started at s. -, sold up 10 = S0's aud
closed at s. 50; september ribs opened ats S2l3
sold up TO s. 90 and closed at s. 90. August
lard opened PIC higher al S. 80, and
eased off to the closing figure Sc 52l4
Leading futures closed as follows:
Wheat = July 1&67lc; August I2'sG
73ci September a a IjC; october 7G1lc. Corn
July 3j1sc, August 3Gtc, September 87t.B
81, &C. Mess pork nominal. Lard-July So 40 /;
August $ % September So 62H October So 10
Snort ribs-JIly. = ~ August s. So Septem-
were as follows: Flour in better demand and
prices remain unchanged No. spring! wheat
Ili,G72C; No. ,, red, Axe No. corn 80 &C,
100 pounds, Sc -. Short ribs aides, loose, s. -
a 50; dry sailed shoulders, boxed, - IOG5 so;
short clear sides boxed, S. l5Gc ~.
NEW YORK, July IL-FIour market firm.
Wheat-Spot lots of winter "a &C lower;
spring &c higher, closing steady export trad
ing moderate; options variable and Irregular;
July advanced &C early, later declined sc
and closed weak; other months opened 7s a
sc better and closed with improvement lost.
Speculation was moderate. Spot No. red
s6L CSIi &C closing at SjilC; August So GS5Alc,
closed at S5bc; September s6de6'sc. closed at
Sc; October S7}5 as c, closed at &C; Novem-
Der sslsGsS34c. closing at SSEc. Corn-Spot
lots heavy and shade lower; options opened q
trile better, later declined tiGltC, closed weak,
livered; July 44c, closing g: 44c; Aus ust 49, q
4jssC, closed at 4jisc; September 46 G46 &C,
closed at 46llC; October a GiI3gc, closed at
4I4G4I4C higher. COffee-SpOt fair; Rio
steady at lS}sci options strong and higher, but
trading light; sales S6,2j0 bags; July SIC 65G
Is 50; August sc s0Gl7 90: September Sl6 956
II IL. october Sl7 0OGE p; November ST. IS
ali p; December SlT l0Gl7 30; January 81 10
oil 30; February Sl7 80; April 81 2O0l7 25.
Sugar Steady with moderate inquiry; English
island, - test, 5-l6c; refined quiet and
barely steady; COnfeCtioners 5z6
CSC; cubes 50 a. 9ic. MOlasses-Dun
nominal. Pork-Moderatey active and steady;
sales AGO barrels. Cut meats-tirm, picked
bellies &C. Lard-A couple points higher but
quiet; western steam spot Sc 81, closing S. So
bid; August So Sat 60; September S. 1896 SO;
october So 97d7 o.; November s. $; Decem
Der Sc S666 50; city steam Sc 50.
ST. LOUIS. MO, July 1l.-FloUr quiet and
dull; NX 81 2OG2 IS; XXX s. 45a2 55; family
s. T0G2 50; fancy s. 60G3 20; patents 81 100
I So Wheat irregular, weak and lower; an at
tempt was made al the morning to knock &c
the close; No : red, cash, ftsCi July IA n
axe, closing at T4iic; August IA a 15c, clos
ing at I4aCi September .o5s 6IbAsc, closing at
I64ci october az a SIC, closing at ia c.
Corn improved L a &C, and closed dull; cash
5256c; August So 63Sc, closing 35C; Sep
TENDER 34G34&c, closing Sac; october "a sc.
oats easy; cash CSC; July &c; August 1885,
September 243lc Cornmeal steady at 81 95G2 OO.
Whisky steady at 81 o. Provisions dull.
Pork irregular and nominal at SIS so. Lard
Sc so Dry salt meat, boxed, shoulders, s. 20;
long clears s. 5Od1 7561 50: clear ribs s. $50
90; short clears, $ l5GS 20. Bacon - Boxed
shoulders S. 81 long clesr and clear ribs
$ IS; short clear SO l2l5. Hams steady at Sll 90
eli 90.
NEW ORLEANS, La, July ll.-Bacon strong
and high; shoulders s. 5Oi long clear s. s.;
clear ribs s. sOi hams lltIGl2. Other articles
unchanged.